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the reserves and the national guard are taking care of. [applause] is a veteran does not want to use the benefits or does not need them, he can pass those on to the spouse for the children- or the children did -- or the children. we have been able to look at the budget. we have been able to look at how we finance. we have been able to look at education. we have a long way to go, though. that is in terms of access to rural veterans and women veterans and homeless veterans. i want to talk to you about one main thing today. when we have a war, as we did in iraq and now in afghanistan, that is divisive, this is a democracy and you can debate war and our country. what is not open for debate is the care for our young people or older people when they come back from that war. they need to get all the care, the glove, the attention and the honor that a nation can give. if we did not know that in our heads, we should have seen what happened in vietnam. how many of you are vietnam veterans? i should have asked how many are not. you never got your hom
the reserves and the national guard are taking care of. [applause] is a veteran does not want to use the benefits or does not need them, he can pass those on to the spouse for the children- or the children did -- or the children. we have been able to look at the budget. we have been able to look at how we finance. we have been able to look at education. we have a long way to go, though. that is in terms of access to rural veterans and women veterans and homeless veterans. i want to talk to you...
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this shows the case schiller national press and on -- national price index at the beginning of the previous decade. you can see the boom and bubble. that is in the last part of the decade. then there was the crash. house prices have fallen about 30%. you can see that price stability over the last year. you can see my forecast. i do expect another 5% decline in house prices from previous troughs. the price declines are going to come in around 35%. from the second quarter value to the trough, we will see another 7% to 8% decline. from peak to trough, about 35%. this outlook is predicated on a number of key assumptions. one assumption is that interest rates will remain low. the fixed mortgage rate today is according to freddie mac 4.3%. i am assuming that the fixed mortgage rate averages 4.5% to the end of 2011. that is a key assumption. the other is that the job market hangs together reasonably well, that we do not see all right declines in jobs. that assumption is the best, most likely scenario. it is a pretty shaky forecast at this point. it looks like the job market is beginning to weaken
this shows the case schiller national press and on -- national price index at the beginning of the previous decade. you can see the boom and bubble. that is in the last part of the decade. then there was the crash. house prices have fallen about 30%. you can see that price stability over the last year. you can see my forecast. i do expect another 5% decline in house prices from previous troughs. the price declines are going to come in around 35%. from the second quarter value to the trough, we...
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good of the nation. i appreciate all of our witnesses' efforts to be with us today and their leadership in this area, and i hope that together we can find solutions to these pressing problems. i would now recognize our distinguished ranking member, stephen king, for his opening statements. >> i appreciate being recognized, and i am wondering how the eskimos got along for all those centuries without fresh fruit and vegetables if it is a national security issue. i would like to focus my remarks on protecting american workers. illegal immigration, the lack of enforcement of our immigration laws, and today's jobs depression have formed a perfect score for hurting americans. the most important duty of the subcommittee is that we ensure our nation's immigration policy lives of americans, not hold them down. i find it hard to understand why some people carelessly claim that americans won't be hard work. i find this claim insulting, as i am sure most are working americans do. it is most insulting to those brave
good of the nation. i appreciate all of our witnesses' efforts to be with us today and their leadership in this area, and i hope that together we can find solutions to these pressing problems. i would now recognize our distinguished ranking member, stephen king, for his opening statements. >> i appreciate being recognized, and i am wondering how the eskimos got along for all those centuries without fresh fruit and vegetables if it is a national security issue. i would like to focus my...
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the individualize their races. the distance themselves from the national party. host: the first lady is going to spend some of her political capital and carefully stepped into the campan season. where do you expect to see her? guest: we have not seen a lot yet as to wre exactly michelle obama plans to weigh in. we know she is very popular. what we also know is that she is anning on increasing visibility and a final two months of this year. host: will see mostly talk about issues or on the campaign trail? when you talk about raising her profile. guest: she will be very active with her get healthy platform she has been running out there. we also know that she will be making appearances with laura bush next week in pennsylvania to commemorate 9/11. we are expecting to see more for. it is not clear how active she will be on the campaign trail. if you read the reports, they indicate that she may be weary of waiting too deep in the political waters. a lot of the republicans do not want to be too close to the nation party, either. a lot of them are taking the anti-washi
the individualize their races. the distance themselves from the national party. host: the first lady is going to spend some of her political capital and carefully stepped into the campan season. where do you expect to see her? guest: we have not seen a lot yet as to wre exactly michelle obama plans to weigh in. we know she is very popular. what we also know is that she is anning on increasing visibility and a final two months of this year. host: will see mostly talk about issues or on the...
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across an the nation. colorado will be the test case. it is two relatively unknown candidates. the outside groups of spend both candidates. . . my husband has a blood condition and he is oven a drug that costs $9,000 a month for 28 cap sules delivered. and i looked at donna edwards yesterday. , steny hoyer, carden, mccullski, van hollen, all of these people need to be voted out of office. i am tired of them. and i can relate to the tea party because all of this spending that's going on and, washington, d.c., they're just not listening. they can't hear anyone. host: all right. guest: it's interesting. i think it's going to be very interesting to see what role health care, the health care vote plays in this year's mid-term election,. and i would be willing to bet it would be quite a small role. health care was a hugely controversial issue that got people out to the capitol rallying about it and gave democrats a really undercut their support in the polls. but at the end of the day the economy is still the mos
across an the nation. colorado will be the test case. it is two relatively unknown candidates. the outside groups of spend both candidates. . . my husband has a blood condition and he is oven a drug that costs $9,000 a month for 28 cap sules delivered. and i looked at donna edwards yesterday. , steny hoyer, carden, mccullski, van hollen, all of these people need to be voted out of office. i am tired of them. and i can relate to the tea party because all of this spending that's going on and,...
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it was actually national the covered -- national recovered. in the process, they realized that there were the left had which they could use to their advantage. they realized how you could get a relatively small number of people together and get major national press and have huge implications, and as a matter of fact, the act was refunded by an overwhelming vote, probably at least partially because of what young americans for freedom did. and as one commentator put it at the time he said the use of political propaganda passed from the use of the left to the use of the right. they learned how to run an organization, how to organize and make things happen. right away, after sharon in office was set up. they started raising money, they learned parliamentary procedure. of course as jam mentioned many of them knew it from the young republicans. they selected a board of directors and that for this report. there were lots of internal politics of course and those continued on at the meeting is forever. and one of the things they learned was either how
it was actually national the covered -- national recovered. in the process, they realized that there were the left had which they could use to their advantage. they realized how you could get a relatively small number of people together and get major national press and have huge implications, and as a matter of fact, the act was refunded by an overwhelming vote, probably at least partially because of what young americans for freedom did. and as one commentator put it at the time he said the use...
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isaac, the father of the hebrew nation, ishmael, the father of the arab nation, joined together in a moment of the pain and mutual respect to very abraham -- bury abraham. i can only pray, and i know that millions around the world, millions of israelis and palestinians and many other millions around the world, pray that the pain that we have experienced, you and us, in the last 100 years of conflict will unite us not only in a moment of peace around a table of peace here in washington but will enable us to leave it from here and to forge a durable lasting peace for generations. shalom, som -- salam, peace. >> in the name of god, madam secretary, mr. prime minister and netanyahu, ladies and gentlemen, let me in the first place once again extend my thanks to president barack obama and secretary clinton and senator mitchell. i think him for the unrelenting efforts to have exerted here in the last month. ladies and gentleman, now that we're launching these negotiations we do know how hard the options we are facing and we will face them during these negotiations that should, within one ye
isaac, the father of the hebrew nation, ishmael, the father of the arab nation, joined together in a moment of the pain and mutual respect to very abraham -- bury abraham. i can only pray, and i know that millions around the world, millions of israelis and palestinians and many other millions around the world, pray that the pain that we have experienced, you and us, in the last 100 years of conflict will unite us not only in a moment of peace around a table of peace here in washington but will...
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about conclusions they were trying and the reluctance the around the regional office or at the national office to respond to those requests. >> absolutely. >> i have gone over my time. let me turn to senator shelby. >> thank you. why is the sec enforcement division -- you talked about the there were recommendations made in the stanford case on four or five occasions? >> yes. >> was it the atmosphere or the working conditions, as you have indicated, for into metric. how many cases we could have, getting the easy ones, but the difficult ones -- that is where the big frauds are. where was the leadership of the enforcement division, not just in fort worth, but at the sec here? are those same people still in its enforcement? >> certainly -- >> and if so, why? >> certainly at fort worth, the head of enforcement and the heads of the fort worth office is very much believe in this approach and they certainly perceived that the enforcement division in washington fought that approach was important. >> they wanted to count how many cases they had and solved but in the scheme of things, they were sm
about conclusions they were trying and the reluctance the around the regional office or at the national office to respond to those requests. >> absolutely. >> i have gone over my time. let me turn to senator shelby. >> thank you. why is the sec enforcement division -- you talked about the there were recommendations made in the stanford case on four or five occasions? >> yes. >> was it the atmosphere or the working conditions, as you have indicated, for into metric....
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-- and a life of our nation. -- in a the life of our nation. we will hear about the individual experiences of aviators and air-traffic controllers, and perhaps about the perspective these individuals have gained in the nine years and since those events. and now, please join me in welcoming the mayor of the city of richardson. [applause] >> thank you. often we were -- often, we are asked, where were you on september 11th, 2001. i was on a flight to new york, and american airlines flight, that was turned back to dallas tx. i will be anxious to hear what the panel has to say today. i do have a proclamation from the city of richardson which i will read to you. whereas on september 11th, two dozen one, the united states was attacked without warning -- two the united states was attacked without warning by radical terrorists, and whereas the chaos created by these tax caused an unprecedented danger to the united states -- created by these attacks caused an unprecedented danger to the united states, and whereas the event placed an immediate end enormou
-- and a life of our nation. -- in a the life of our nation. we will hear about the individual experiences of aviators and air-traffic controllers, and perhaps about the perspective these individuals have gained in the nine years and since those events. and now, please join me in welcoming the mayor of the city of richardson. [applause] >> thank you. often we were -- often, we are asked, where were you on september 11th, 2001. i was on a flight to new york, and american airlines flight,...
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i'm also home to one of the top two egg-producing counes in the nation. when you look at the egg pros duesed in my district, it has an economic impact of $102.4 million. ohio is also one of the ten states with an egg quality assurance program with the aim to min niz salmonella in eggs. first of all, i think it is important to remember that the purpose of this hearing is to get the facts. while we have the fda form 483 with its general observations about the conditions at the wright county egg and the hillendale farms operations in iowa that are being investigated, we don't have the esblishment in the report which will provide more clear answers. furthermore, i'm disappointed that the fda commissioner is not here to testify nor is a representative from the usda. we need to get these answers and hear what went wrong fromhese producers so the industry can learn from this recall. we do not want the public to lose confidence in our egg producers. several of the egg producers in my district are fourth generation farmers and have been committed to producing a sa
i'm also home to one of the top two egg-producing counes in the nation. when you look at the egg pros duesed in my district, it has an economic impact of $102.4 million. ohio is also one of the ten states with an egg quality assurance program with the aim to min niz salmonella in eggs. first of all, i think it is important to remember that the purpose of this hearing is to get the facts. while we have the fda form 483 with its general observations about the conditions at the wright county egg...
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-the ceo of the national safety council. -- i am the ceo of the national safety council. we are excited to be here today. as you ever heard this morning, the number one cause of workplace fatalities as mis motor vehicle crashes. the largest cause of accidental death is motor vehicle crashes. driver distraction is a massive influence, and that is why we are particularly decided texcito be here today. we looked at the convergence of 50 research reports that talked about the dangers of cell phone use in testinand texting devicee driving. there was so little understanding about this. we had a massive debate. we knew this was very danger is behavior based on the research. we come from at traffic safety perspective, and we know the way to change this behavior follows the formula you heard ray lahood talk about. how you do that in the framework of very little conversation was the difficult part. a year ago on january we call for a nationwide ban on told a news and text to use while driving, and we called for companies to put in place policies prohibit the use of this. it was suc
-the ceo of the national safety council. -- i am the ceo of the national safety council. we are excited to be here today. as you ever heard this morning, the number one cause of workplace fatalities as mis motor vehicle crashes. the largest cause of accidental death is motor vehicle crashes. driver distraction is a massive influence, and that is why we are particularly decided texcito be here today. we looked at the convergence of 50 research reports that talked about the dangers of cell phone...
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white house budget office. >> the conflict between the first amendment and national security "necessary secrets" author, this weekend on book tv. >> every weekend on c-span3, experience american history tv, 48 hours of people and events, telling the american story. hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. visit museums, historical sites and college campuses as professors delve into america's past. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> for me or anyone else who is considering public service, the real question is, do you have a positive vision for the direction the country should head to give specific ideas to implement that vision and a demonstrated set of experiences that show you can handle it and get it done. >> governor pawlenty on a potential presidential run, growing up in minnesota and eight years as governor. >> warren brown weeks the weekly column for "washington post." >> it is arguable to have an argument to say we would not have a black middle class had we not had general motors, ford and chrysler. >> in 2008, he
white house budget office. >> the conflict between the first amendment and national security "necessary secrets" author, this weekend on book tv. >> every weekend on c-span3, experience american history tv, 48 hours of people and events, telling the american story. hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. visit museums, historical sites and college campuses as professors delve into america's past. all weekend,...
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and what he was known as, one of the most thoughtful mayors in the nation, and he really changed the face of baltimore. he isn't given adequate credit for all of the people he put into place in the leadership of the city who are still serving in key positions in baltimore. and he has been a transformtive dean at howard university law school bringing in national leaders, refreshing the factty, keeping it fiscally sound, raising money. so it's with great affection that i introduce mayor kirk shmoke. juan, williams, i will introduce later on, but i also want to introduce ms. lamper because she has a special history with the aclu. i got to see her in her early days heading the racial justice project of the aclu of northern california. she was quick and smart and piercing in her analysis. and as soon as we all met her, we knew that she was going to be a national leader. and now she has moved to ohio. she has had children, she's gotten married but she's come out with a block buster book on the problems with racial profiling and race issues in the criminal justice system, the new jim crow,
and what he was known as, one of the most thoughtful mayors in the nation, and he really changed the face of baltimore. he isn't given adequate credit for all of the people he put into place in the leadership of the city who are still serving in key positions in baltimore. and he has been a transformtive dean at howard university law school bringing in national leaders, refreshing the factty, keeping it fiscally sound, raising money. so it's with great affection that i introduce mayor kirk...